Cockfight Bust in Riverside County

CREATED Feb. 13, 2012

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RIVERSIDE - Twenty-eight people were arrested and $14,000 in cash seized in a cockfighting bust here in Riverside County.
 
Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant Sunday morning at a home in Jurupa Valley after being tipped off about cockfighting taking place there.

Authorities found evidence of cockfighting and gambling at the home. Twenty-eight men were arrested as illegal animal fighting spectators.

The homeowner was arrested for animal cruelty and illegal gambling.